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Armed robbers strike at jewellery shop
Showroom burgled
Traffic police out of slumber
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Nature lovers come to rescue of trees
Man crushed to death
Non-government college lecturers take out rally
Traders hold candlelight march
13 male calves found abandoned along GT Road
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Armed robbers strike at jewellery shop
Jalandhar, December 14 The incident took place at 9.30 pm when the shop owner, Raman Negi, a resident of Moti Nagar, and his son Ankur Negi were instructing workers to close the shop. Five armed youths parked their white Swift Dzire car in front of the shop and took the security guard and Raman’s car driver at gunpoint and forcibly pushed them inside the shop. The robbers then trained the gun at the shop owner and told him to hand over the CCTV footage. Police sources said the robbers held the owner, his son and six other shop workers captive in a room. The robbers then started looting gold ornaments, cash, mobile phones and other valuables in the shop. One of the robbers also took away a gold chain, purse and a mobile phone of the shop owner’s son. The robbers forcibly took away the keys to the jeweller’s Toyota Innova (PB-08-W-4005) and fled with the vehicle, sources said. The robbers also threatened the jeweller of dire consequences if they ever tried to inform the police. Sources said the accused orchestrated the crime in 15 minutes. Ankur Negi, the owner’s son, told the newsmen that the armed robbers were in an inebriated state. He told to the police that when they asked him for the CCTV recording, he gave them a set top box of satellite TV. The police is trying to ascertain the location of the accused through mobile phones looted from the shop. When contacted, Additional Deputy Commissioner RK Sharma said the police was yet to see the CCTV footage. He said the police was also tracing the car looted from the jeweller. “We have gathered some vital clues, but we cannot divulge details as it can hamper the investigation,” Sharma added. |
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Showroom burgled
Jalandhar December 14 In a statement to the police, Manish Bama, owner of the showroom, said when he came to open the showroom in the morning, he was shocked to see locks of the shutter open. He said when he went inside the shop, he found the whole shop ransacked. He said the thieves took away 13 LCDs, eight DVD players, four home theatres, a music system and a few other electronic items. The burglars also tried to break the cash box but failed. The police has sought the help of fingerprint experts. No case has been registered yet.
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Traffic police out of slumber
Jalandhar, December 14 Officials of the traffic police held a meeting with employees of a construction company widening the GT Road, asking them to chalk out an alternative diversion for the long route vehicles at the PAP Chowk and widening the road at Chogitti Chowk, where the construction of a flyover is on, to reduce the congestion. SK Diwan, project manager of company, said a slip road had been created at PAP Chowk to reduce congestion. Vehicles heading from Amritsar to Ludhiana could take the slip road without entering the Jalandhar ISBT. The company will also created space for vehicles heading towards Amritsar by widening the existing road towards the PAP ground's boundary wall, he said. Similarly, the either sides of the GT Road, adjacent to the under construction overbridge at the Chogitti Chowk, will also be widened to reduce congestion, claimed Diwan. Ranjit Singh, in charge of the traffic police, claimed the police would also take up the issue of widening of the GT Road at some other points which have been endangering human lives. The most congested and the worst polluted PAP Chowk has been claiming human lives for the past many years. The spot had already been earmarking as a 'black spot' by the city police and the district administration. Despite having a police post at the spot, the 'killer' chowk has been proving a death trap for commuters for the past many years. A number of road users have lost their lives at this particular spot and scores have sustained injuries in fatal accidents. Besides, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has also declared PAP Chowk, as the 'most polluted spot' in the city. |
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Patients’ sufferings on, pharmacists' strike enters third day
Jalandhar, December 14 Patients had to face tough time as they were not getting necessary medicines. Moreover laboratory tests were also not conducted today. Members of both the unions are on a six-day collective leave and they will remain off the work till December 17. Members of the Pharmacists' Association today held a protest on the hospital premises and raised anti-government slogans. They later submitted a memorandum to the Additional Deputy Commissioner. Hukam Chand Thareja, president of the association, said they would burn an effigy of the state government tomorrow outside the Punjab Press Club. Sohan Lal Bawa, president of the Lab Technician Union, demanded immediate implementation of their long-pending demands. "If government keeps on adopting the dilly-dallying attitude, patients, who are already been suffering hard, are likely to suffer more in the coming days," he said. Due to the strike, routine lab tests are not being conducted and the blood bank is also not functional. Hospital officials said the medical services have been badly affected. Patients who cannot afford expensive treatment at private hospitals are the worst affected.
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‘Evolution’ of ideas
Jalandhar, December 14 The swanky bike, which gives an adrenalin rush, has been made as an answer to the escalating petrol prices, depleting conventional petroleum-based fuels and environment pollution. Built at a cost of Rs 4 lakh, the students fabricated the prototype within a short span of five months. However, the initial planning and fabrication of the bike started right from day when students conceptualised this idea. The students, including Gurinder Singh, Harsimrat Singh, Kanwarpal Singh, Lakhinder Singh, Manpreet Singh and Sukhjinder Singh, have designed the hybrid bike as part of their final year project. Sharing his experience, Harsimrat Singh said: "The environment-friendly bike has an added advantage of low running cost and thus reduces its dependency on petrol, which has been burning a hole in the common man's pocket." "It also has a special feature of regenerative braking system, which harnesses the excess energy to extend the battery charge. The braking system also reduces wear and tear of brakes and fuel consumption. When the bike is running on the electric mode, it can be referred to as stealth mode as it lacks engine noise," he added. Another budding technocrat, Manjeet Singh said: "The bike has been given a chopper look by designing the frame longer accompanied by a stretched front end. It has an extended wheel base with fat rear tyre, top speed of 90 km per hour when running in electric mode and a speed of 110 km per hour when running on petrol," he added. As the name implies, the bike has a combination of two distinct power sources - an internal combustion engine and other a variable frequency drive electric motor, which works on 72 Volt electric system. The bike has a 350cc Enfield engine while its batteries get fully charged within four to five hours and can propel the bike up to 50 km in a single charge. The institute has also planned to tie up with some automobile company so that more modifications can be done in this prototype. Dr Manoj Kumar, group director of the institute, said: "We want to bridge the gap between the industry and students as it will help students to explore more such projects in future." He added these students would compete in automobile competition to be held at IIT-Delhi in January. "Our students will also participate in the Auto-Expo to be held in Delhi in the coming days," he added. Recently, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, gave a grant of Rs 25,000 each for five different projects to be taken up by students in the pharmaceuticals, electronics and mechanical engineering departments.
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Nature lovers come to rescue of trees
Jalandhar, December 14 Various organisations and groups, who think on similar lines, have started uniting for the cause and are even ready to follow the legal course if need be. The nearly 70-kanal area on the Old GT Road has over 100 trees of various varieties, including banyan, neem, acacia, pipal and eucalyptus. President of NGO Pahal Lakhbir Singh has said, “The forest cover in the district, which should have been 33 per cent, has already depleted to just 3 per cent. There are no green open spaces or oxygen kiosks anywhere. The whole city is getting converted into a jungle of concrete.” “There hardly is any space left in the entire city where the residents can gather in the event of any calamity or any emergency of any kind. The city falls in the high risk seismic zone and if there are no open spaces of the sort, there would be no space left where people can sit for getting any first aid services after being evacuated from buildings”, he expressed the worst of apprehensions. Anoop Watts of NGO Jalandhar Citizens’ Welfare Society, said, “The decision of PUDA to convert the site for commercial purpose can be very detrimental for the environment. While there have been world-level summits on environment conservation, it is shocking to know that our local authorities are hell-bent on axing the trees. There already is so much pollution in the city and maintaining greenbelts has become all the more important.” Landscapist SPS Dosanjh said, “The site falls in the heart of the city, where there is no oxygen buffer at all. The land can be easily be converted into a public park on lines similar to the Hyde Park of London. I can help the officials in plantations and landscaping of the site, if they feel interested.” |
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Man crushed to death
Jalandhar December 14 The deceased was identified as Paramjit Singh, resident of Mithapur
village. The police said Paramjit Singh (45), a lawyer, was heading towards his home this afternoon and when he reached near Chogitti bypass, an unidentified vehicle hit him from
the rear killing him on the spot. As the family members of the victims had not made any complaint, the police after sending the body for postmortem initiated proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. |
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Non-government college lecturers take out rally
Jalandhar, December 14 As many as 1,000 college lecturers from the city and its adjoining areas assembled at the GPO and raised slogans against the government for turning a blind eye to their demands. They also submitted a memorandum to MLA from Jalandhar (Central) Manoranjan Kalia. Earlier in the day, 10 members of the teaching and the non-teaching staff sat on chain fast today. These include Dr Rajesh Prasher, Raj Purohit, SK Midha, Sanjiv Sharma, Ashok, Tulsi Ram, Mohan Lal, Jaswinder Singh, Ram Nath and Sucha Singh. Meanwhile, no house exam and teaching work was held in the colleges. However, work related to the university examination was not effected.
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Traders hold candlelight march
Jalandhar December 14 Hundreds of shopkeepers carrying candles in their hands raised slogans against the police alleging its lethargic attitude toward controlling crime in the city. The march was confined to the Panj Peer market only. Nirmal Singh Bittu, president of the association, said last night armed robbers took away gold and cash worth rupees at a gunpoint from a jewellery shop at Jyoti Chowk. “If robbers could commit crime in the busiest market of the city, how can we expect safety of other isolated markets,” Bittu said. The shopkeepers demanded police patrolling in the markets to check such incidents.
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13 male calves found abandoned along GT Road
Jalandhar, December 14 The calves aged between two weeks and four weeks. Receiving information, the People for Animals, an NGO, came to their rescue and brought them to its rescue and rehabilitation centre, located at the Police Lines in the city this evening. Chander Bhushan, secretary of the PFA and Honorary Wildlife Warden, Punjab, revealed that the calves seem to be of high milk-yielding hybrid cows. Since their number was high, it was evident that they had been abandoned either by the Army authorities or by the owners of some dairy farms. This was the second such incident in the last two weeks, where male calves had been found abandoned at different places in and around the city. Last week, five male calves were found abandoned at Wadala Chowk and now 13 male calves were found along the GT Road at two places, he said. Chander Bhushan said eight male calves were found abandoned along the GT Road near DPS School in the Jalandhar Cantonment area and five were rescued from near Chaheru bridge, near Phagwara. Vinod Kumar, an assistant with the PFA, who brought the calves from the GT Road, revealed that the eight calves were found in a ditch adjacent to DPS School and were hiding themselves under thickets this morning. “They were virtually cuddling against each other to beat the biting cold and were unable to walk as were not fed. I fed the calves with milk before transporting them to the rescue centre,” he added.
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Five armed youths struck at a jewellery shop at Jyoti Chowk last night and decamped with cash, gold jewellery, mobile phones and other valuables at gunpoint.
The traffic wing of the police has finally woken up from its deep slumber as it has managed to provide a temporary diversion at the 'killer' PAP Chowk, much to the relief to motorists.
‘Evolution’ of ideas
Jalandhar, December 14
Jalandhar December 14
